Copper Leggings

Copper Leggings

Adult model

Baby model

Rarity tier	Common
Armor	3 ()
Armor toughness	0 ()
Durability	JE: 165 BE: 166
Enchantability	8
Knockback resistance	0
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

Copper leggings are a variant of leggings crafted from copper ingots. They are the sixth-highest tier of leggings, having the same armor points as golden leggings but with higher durability.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Copper Ingot

Mob loot

Zombies, husks, zombie villagers‌^{[Java Edition only]}, skeletons, strays, bogged, and parched have a small chance to spawn wearing armor, which may include copper leggings. There is a 8.5% chance (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III) for the mob to drop the leggings they're wearing upon death. The dropped leggings are usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted with enchantment levels 5-19.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Copper Leggings	Abandoned Camp	Common chest	1	19% { "item": "Copper Leggings", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.18999999999999995, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Common chest" }

Usage

When worn, copper leggings provide 3 () armor points.

Repairing

Combining

Two damaged pairs of copper leggings can be combined through crafting, using the grindstone or the anvil. The durability of the used copper leggings is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Crafting and using the grindstone do not keep the enchantments of either copper leggings.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Damaged Copper Leggings		The durability of the two leggings is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Notes
2x Damaged Copper Leggings		The durability of the two leggings is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Using the anvil preserves enchantments, but costs experience.

Ingredients	Anvil recipe	Notes
Damaged Copper Leggings	Copper Leggings

Unit repair

Copper leggings can also be repaired in an anvil by adding copper ingots, with each ingot restoring 25% the copper leggings' maximum durability, rounded down. This preserves the leggings' enchantments, but costs experience.

Ingredients	Anvil recipe	Notes
Damaged Copper Leggings + Copper Ingot	Copper Leggings

Enchantments

Copper leggings have an enchantability of 9.

Copper leggings can receive the following enchantments:

Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Protection[note 1]	Increases overall damage reduction.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	10
Projectile Protection[note 1]	Increases damage reduction against projectiles.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Blast Protection[note 1]	Increases damage reduction against explosions.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Fire Protection[note 1]	Increases damage reduction against fire.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Thorns	Deals returning damage to attackers.	III	Anvil	1
Swift Sneak	Increases movement speed when sneaking.	III	Anvil	1
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Mending	Repairs the leggings when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The leggings vanish on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1
Curse of Binding	Removes the ability to de-equip the leggings.	I	Anvil	1

Armor trimming

It is possible to upgrade armor with trims. This requires a smithing template, a copper leggings, and an ingot or crystal (iron ingot, copper ingot, gold ingot, netherite ingot, emerald, redstone dust, lapis lazuli, amethyst shard, nether quartz, diamond, or resin brick).

These trims have no effect on the gameplay or strength of the armor.

Ingredients	Smithing recipe	Notes
Any Armor Trim + Copper Leggings + Any Ingot/Crystal

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe	Notes
Copper Nugget	Copper Leggings + Any fuel

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Copper Leggings	copper_leggings	Item	leg_armor	item.minecraft.copper_leggings

Bedrock Edition

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Copper Leggings	copper_leggings	776	Item	item.copper_leggings.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.21.9			25w31a				Added copper leggings.
26.1			snap7				Added a specific texture and model for when the armor piece is worn by a humanoid baby mob.
							If equipped on a "small"-type armor stand, it will appear broken; presumably the game is applying the adult armor texture to the baby mesh.
			snap10				"Small" armor stands now display a scaled-down adult armor model as was done before snapshot 7.[1]
26.3			snap1				Copper leggings can now generate as part of abandoned camps in chests.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.100 Experiment Drop 3 2025			Preview 1.21.100.23				Added copper leggings.
26.10			Preview 26.10.23				Added a specific texture and model for when the armor piece is worn by a humanoid baby mob.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Copper leggings can now generate as part of abandoned camps in chests.
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Issues

Issues relating to "Copper Leggings" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Renders

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  Enchanted appearance in inventory

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